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About infoDev

Our Mission: to enable effective use of information and communication technologies to promote sustainable development Our Services: Applied Research - Pilot Projects & Grants Capacity Building - Advisory Services – Monitoring and Evaluation Areas of Focus: Access – Mainstreaming – Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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Access to ICT for All

The Challenge:

• Rapid technological development
• Immense access gaps
• Limited regulator and policy capacity

Our Strengths:

• Global recognition for the ICT Regulation

Toolkit and cutting-edge expertise on Universal Access, Spectrum Management, Licensing, Competition Management

• Ready access to a global network of ICT

regulators and policymakers

• Established partnerships with the

International Telecommunications Union, the International Finance Corporation, and the World Bank

“This is the single most helpful regulatory tool that I have seen. It has such a tremendous potential to assist all the staff at the INCM, as well as help me, too.”

• Dr. Salamao Manhica, Chairman, Instituto Nacional

de Telecommunicacoes de Mozambique (INCM).

Growth Areas:

• Global Regulator Capacity

Building Initiative w/ITU – lasting institutional capacity through training

• f trainers
• Internet infrastructure

development – convening local and international actors across sectors

• Policies and regulations for new

trends and technologies

• Business models for serving the

underserved

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ICT in Education

Increasing demand

• 37 African countries have formal

strategies to promote ICT use in education

• 100+ ICT in education projects have been
• r are under implementation
• Increasing number of inquiries for advice

and capacity building Our strengths

• Recognition as a thought leader &

convenor for joint donor action

• Substantial knowledge-base i.e. 10+

publications, + surveys, evaluations, + practical capacity building implementations in 20+ countries.

• A solid network of experts and clients,

including partnerships with UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning, IADB, WB Growth Areas:

• Policymaker capacity

building

• Monitoring and evaluation

advice and methodologies

• Programs for national ICT

skills development

• Understanding the ROI of

low-cost ICT devices

“ Data shows that ICT, properly implemented, promotes and enables educational reform, motivates learning and promotes greater efficiencies in education systems and practices” Source: infoDev Knowledge Map

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• 2. Exploring New Areas

through Strong Thematic Linkages

Leveraging the largest distribution platform in the world…

1 Billion have bank accounts 3 Billion mobile phones 6.5 Billion World Population

ICT-enabled Services for the Poor

• Mobile phones now extend financial services

to people who have never had a bank

• account. Are there scalable/replicable

models?

• What other mobile services could be

delivered to serve the poor? ICT Devices for the Poor

• how can the total cost of ownership be

reduced to enable the poor to access communication and information.

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Building on the Incubator Program:

• Expanding and strengthening the regional and

global networks

– iDisc, Global Forum, international networks

• Increasing capacity of incubator managers

– Networks, iDisc, training, exchanges.

• Scaling up incubators with potential + action

learning grants to select incubation models

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• Investing in creating knowledge on:

– financing of technology entrepreneurs – policy supportive of ICT-enabled entrepreneurship – business models for effective and sustainable business incubation

• Providing M&E data and tools
• Raising awareness of - and brokering

relationships with partners in the innovation and entrepreneurship “eco-system”

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Partners in Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Private Sector Technology Parks Academia Financial Sector Regulators Policymakers Entrepreneurs Incubator

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Regional Networks

• A core area of focus
• infoDev’s role as catalyst and facilitator

(“incubator” of the regional Networks)

• Long term vision for sustainability